Mikey Spice Born
Jamaican reggae/dancehall artist.
Jamaican reggae/dancehall artist.
Damian Robert Nesta Marley, Bob Marley's youngest son (with former Miss World Cindy Breakspeare), a two-time Grammy winner known for bridging reggae and hip-hop on 'Welcome to Jamrock.' Born in Kingston.
Highland Ralph Dobson, rocksteady singer nicknamed 'The Loving Pauper' after his signature hit, and producer for The Meditations and early Barrington Levy. Died of COVID-19 at a hospital in Coral Springs, Florida, at age 78.
'Jawaiian' music — the fusion of Jamaican reggae with Hawaiian slack-key guitar, ukulele, and island themes — emerged in the 1980s. Bruddah Waltah's Hawaiian Reggae album sold nearly 100,000 cassettes in Hawaii alone.
Hawaii Reggae Network is Hawaii's 24/7 reggae radio station, streaming live from Maui.
